Shipping & Receiving Loader

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Must be able to use hand held bar-coding units and know and understand all functions required in the bar-coding process.
• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or pallets to be moved or pulled for shipment.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from tractor trailers.
• Loads pallets onto truck and inspects strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Verifies materials loaded or unloaded against work order or bill of lading.
• Covers materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Makes partial racks when necessary to complete shipping order.
• Organizes and randomly inspects inventory on yard.
• Operates industrial truck or electric hoist safely and accurately to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and at least three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Fork Lift Certification.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Safety/TOTAL HOUSEKEEPING MANAGEMENT (THM)

• Perform all work safely and with the utmost concern for the safety of self and other employees.
• Maintain their designated work spaces in a clean, safe and timely manner in compliance with the plants THM/Safety policy.

Physical Demands

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Use hands and fingers to handle or feel.
• Able to talk and hear.
• Sit.
• Stand and walk.
• Close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequent exposure to year round weather conditions, fumes and/or airborne particles and moving mechanical parts.
• Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Noise levels in the shipping yard are usually loud, proper personal protective equipment will be worn in given plant areas and when essential job function necessitate.